Violet Fox 🦊
@violetbfox.bsky.social
Libraries, zines, liberation. She/her. https://violetbfox.info/
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Violet Fox 🦊
@violetbfox.bsky.social
· Feb 27
📣 New zine! "Radical Books That Aren't a Slog : Leftist Book Recommendations for Newly Radical Folks." If you're a baby leftist looking for a place to start imagining new possibilities, here's 17 books to get you started! violetbfox.info/radicalbooks/ 📚
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"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
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Santa Claus Has Come to Chi-Town. Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Santa Claus Has Come to Chi-Town. Merry Christmas!
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Republicans want to kill the post office and the media is there for it, which is why you have never seen a news story about how the police department has never turned a profit and is a waste
December 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Republicans want to kill the post office and the media is there for it, which is why you have never seen a news story about how the police department has never turned a profit and is a waste
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So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
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The 2025 We Reads Collection is LIVE!
A curated list filled with books and much more all created by Black, Indigenous, and POC artists. Thanks to everyone who shared their faves. Happy discovering!
Full curated list: www.wehere.space/wereads
A curated list filled with books and much more all created by Black, Indigenous, and POC artists. Thanks to everyone who shared their faves. Happy discovering!
Full curated list: www.wehere.space/wereads
We Reads — we here
www.wehere.space
December 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The 2025 We Reads Collection is LIVE!
A curated list filled with books and much more all created by Black, Indigenous, and POC artists. Thanks to everyone who shared their faves. Happy discovering!
Full curated list: www.wehere.space/wereads
A curated list filled with books and much more all created by Black, Indigenous, and POC artists. Thanks to everyone who shared their faves. Happy discovering!
Full curated list: www.wehere.space/wereads
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"I think refusing is actually the more hopeful, expansive vision of the future than the one that is telling us that the future is already settled and decided. That's my daring idea. Just say no."
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"I think refusing is actually the more hopeful, expansive vision of the future than the one that is telling us that the future is already settled and decided. That's my daring idea. Just say no."
Reading my 100th book of the year (!) and accosting my spouse with loon facts at every opportunity: loons have solid bones, not hollow, and their average lifespan is around 30 years. Their eyes turn red around 2 years old, likely to signal sexual maturity. In conclusion: loons!! 📚
December 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Reading my 100th book of the year (!) and accosting my spouse with loon facts at every opportunity: loons have solid bones, not hollow, and their average lifespan is around 30 years. Their eyes turn red around 2 years old, likely to signal sexual maturity. In conclusion: loons!! 📚
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it's a difficult time of year for so many so I'm going to post about My Mother, the Car for a while
December 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
it's a difficult time of year for so many so I'm going to post about My Mother, the Car for a while
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this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
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what if you could take action in support of worker solidarity and labor rights in a simple and visual way in, at the very least, public indoor spaces, without saying a word?
don’t know where to start? here are some brands that i like (+a vid of me wearin some, for a visual):
•Bonafide Masks
•WellBefore
•Dräger
•BeHealthy
•Laianzhi
•Breatheteq
•BNX
•3M
•MaskC
•CambridgeMask
*buying directly from distributors (some use amazon)=best way to avoid less than quality product
•Bonafide Masks
•WellBefore
•Dräger
•BeHealthy
•Laianzhi
•Breatheteq
•BNX
•3M
•MaskC
•CambridgeMask
*buying directly from distributors (some use amazon)=best way to avoid less than quality product
December 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
what if you could take action in support of worker solidarity and labor rights in a simple and visual way in, at the very least, public indoor spaces, without saying a word?
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Guess I'll post this again
December 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Guess I'll post this again
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What if we did a series of explainer episodes to cover things people are studying in library school? What topics would you want to hear about?
December 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
What if we did a series of explainer episodes to cover things people are studying in library school? What topics would you want to hear about?
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Affordable Care Act subsidies are about to expire leaving millions unable to afford health insurance.
This is an excellent time to start wearing a mask.
Keeping yourself and your community healthy is an act of resistance.
Millions of people literally can’t afford to get sick.
This is an excellent time to start wearing a mask.
Keeping yourself and your community healthy is an act of resistance.
Millions of people literally can’t afford to get sick.
December 18, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Affordable Care Act subsidies are about to expire leaving millions unable to afford health insurance.
This is an excellent time to start wearing a mask.
Keeping yourself and your community healthy is an act of resistance.
Millions of people literally can’t afford to get sick.
This is an excellent time to start wearing a mask.
Keeping yourself and your community healthy is an act of resistance.
Millions of people literally can’t afford to get sick.
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Episode 04 of #TheWeReadaPodcast is now available!
In Episode 04: The Book was better we’re talking adaptations. What makes them magical, what makes them fall flat, and the qualities that signal when one really gets it right. Plus much more! 🤭
Listen here: www.wehere.space/we-reads-pod...
In Episode 04: The Book was better we’re talking adaptations. What makes them magical, what makes them fall flat, and the qualities that signal when one really gets it right. Plus much more! 🤭
Listen here: www.wehere.space/we-reads-pod...
The We Reads Podcast — we here
www.wehere.space
December 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Episode 04 of #TheWeReadaPodcast is now available!
In Episode 04: The Book was better we’re talking adaptations. What makes them magical, what makes them fall flat, and the qualities that signal when one really gets it right. Plus much more! 🤭
Listen here: www.wehere.space/we-reads-pod...
In Episode 04: The Book was better we’re talking adaptations. What makes them magical, what makes them fall flat, and the qualities that signal when one really gets it right. Plus much more! 🤭
Listen here: www.wehere.space/we-reads-pod...
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We've got merch! You can purchase a "Debt" or "You Are Not A Loan" t-shirt using the code JUBILEE10 and get $10 off.
Our merch is union-made, sustainable and designed by formerly incarcerated folks + the proceeds go to our efforts to abolish crushing medical, student and housing debt.
Our merch is union-made, sustainable and designed by formerly incarcerated folks + the proceeds go to our efforts to abolish crushing medical, student and housing debt.
December 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We've got merch! You can purchase a "Debt" or "You Are Not A Loan" t-shirt using the code JUBILEE10 and get $10 off.
Our merch is union-made, sustainable and designed by formerly incarcerated folks + the proceeds go to our efforts to abolish crushing medical, student and housing debt.
Our merch is union-made, sustainable and designed by formerly incarcerated folks + the proceeds go to our efforts to abolish crushing medical, student and housing debt.
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A poster in Uptown. Translation: “Unity is strength; protect your neighbors.”
December 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A poster in Uptown. Translation: “Unity is strength; protect your neighbors.”
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action.mijente.net/petitions/zi... Sign onto this letter demanding the release of green card holder Daniel "Des" Sanchez Estrada. Free Des, free speech, and free zines!
Zines Are Not A Crime! Free Des!
Since July 6, 2025, the federal government has unjustly detained beloved community member, artist, and green card holder Daniel “Des” Sanchez Estrada. He is in custody in North Texas on charges relate...
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December 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
action.mijente.net/petitions/zi... Sign onto this letter demanding the release of green card holder Daniel "Des" Sanchez Estrada. Free Des, free speech, and free zines!
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Video: my May "Brighter Social Media Skies: Bluesky For Library-Worker Online Community" talk for METRO NY Libraries (also 👍 for academics). Focus: if use; how to tilt Bluesky toward some good+less bad for you; kept button-pushing to my tinyurl.com/DHbluesky guide 📚 www.youtube.com/watch?v=98_a... +
December 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Video: my May "Brighter Social Media Skies: Bluesky For Library-Worker Online Community" talk for METRO NY Libraries (also 👍 for academics). Focus: if use; how to tilt Bluesky toward some good+less bad for you; kept button-pushing to my tinyurl.com/DHbluesky guide 📚 www.youtube.com/watch?v=98_a... +
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If you're going to be around friends and loved ones this holiday season, we invite you to share our Dirt in a Cog zine with them. It gives some very practical ways to resist rising alt right sentiments in your every day life. Visit the Zines pages on our website at invisiblehistory.org.
December 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
If you're going to be around friends and loved ones this holiday season, we invite you to share our Dirt in a Cog zine with them. It gives some very practical ways to resist rising alt right sentiments in your every day life. Visit the Zines pages on our website at invisiblehistory.org.
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We need your help! So far, we’ve raised $16,000 from 164 donors, which tells us that a lot of people understand the importance of this work. We train incarcerated writers and publish their stories. Our goal is to raise $50,000 by Dec. 31. Can you support our work?
Donate | Prison Journalism Project
Prison Journalism Project is supported by people like you. Support Prison Journalism Project today.
prisonjournalismproject.fundjournalism.org
December 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
We need your help! So far, we’ve raised $16,000 from 164 donors, which tells us that a lot of people understand the importance of this work. We train incarcerated writers and publish their stories. Our goal is to raise $50,000 by Dec. 31. Can you support our work?
cathedrals everywhere
December 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
cathedrals everywhere
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Thanks to our friends at Flatmade, you have the chance to win one of this iconic John Reiben desgined Chicago Public Library posters AND support @liberationlib.bsky.social! www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/support-libe...
December 13, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Thanks to our friends at Flatmade, you have the chance to win one of this iconic John Reiben desgined Chicago Public Library posters AND support @liberationlib.bsky.social! www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/support-libe...
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Looking forward to attending Pilsen Zine Fest this weekend!! Find it at 1002 W 18th St, Saturday December 13 & Sunday December 14, from 2–6 pm.
While you're there check out the Pilsen Holiday Market & @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social! #zines #Chicago
While you're there check out the Pilsen Holiday Market & @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social! #zines #Chicago
December 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Looking forward to attending Pilsen Zine Fest this weekend!! Find it at 1002 W 18th St, Saturday December 13 & Sunday December 14, from 2–6 pm.
While you're there check out the Pilsen Holiday Market & @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social! #zines #Chicago
While you're there check out the Pilsen Holiday Market & @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social! #zines #Chicago
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how much water does it take to disrupt the careers of millions of people? how much water does it take to make deepfakes of underage kids? how much water does it take to exacerbate people's mental health crises? is there a good number? is there an acceptable number?
December 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
how much water does it take to disrupt the careers of millions of people? how much water does it take to make deepfakes of underage kids? how much water does it take to exacerbate people's mental health crises? is there a good number? is there an acceptable number?
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'Let it Snow' with all the positive lines removed
December 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
'Let it Snow' with all the positive lines removed